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Lightning Now Tour for Admins with Eric Jacobson

Today we’re at the Lightning Now Tour in Houston to talk about Salesforce project managers, and we had an opportunity to speak with Eric Jacobson between his many presentations. Eric is the Senior Director of Platform Product Management at Salesforce and his mission is to bring Lightning to Admins. He will share with us what […]

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The Admin’s Hub for Lightning Resources

Thinking about Lightning but not sure where to start?  Here on the Salesforce Admins team, we want to help you on your path to Lightning.  As a Salesforce Administrator, you have an amazing opportunity to guide your company to the future by leading the way to Lightning – the future of Salesforce. Helpful tools and resources […]

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WITness Success with Jean Velonis

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast we’re speaking with Jean Velonis, Senior Salesforce Admin and Women in Tech (WIT) Leader. Jean has over ten years of experience as an Admin and recently has joined the planning team for WITness Success, a conference for women, by women. Join us to hear about Jean’s experiences transitioning from […]

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Admin Checklist: Get Ready for Summer ’17

It’s time to mark your calendars for the next Salesforce Release, Summer ’17! Here are the most important dates: April 20: Pre-Release Signup Goes Live Admins can sign up for a Developer Edition environment chock full of all the Summer ’17 features to explore to your heart’s content. Developer environments are stand-alone environments where you […]

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Certification Success with Sophie Westbrook

Certification is a big part of success and today we’re talking to Sophie Westbrook, senior marketing manager at Salesforce University, who says that there are twenty-three possible Salesforce certifications you can master. Her marketing team is about two years old, and Sophie’s role revolves around brand, messaging, and evangelism for Salesforce University. She is all […]

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Equality & Ohana at Salesforce World Tour DC

Last Tuesday the AwesomeAdmin team visited DC for the first Salesforce World Tour of the year, and what a way to kick off the year! The Reagan Center was packed with Salesforce community members eager to learn more about Lightning, Einstein, and celebrate Equal Pay Day with special programming. Equal Pay Day Tuesday, April 4 […]

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The Future of Apps with Leyla Seka

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we’re speaking with Leyla Seka. Leyla is the EVP of the Salesforce AppExchange, which she has worked on from the very beginning and has helped build from the ground up. She’s got some great advice to share for Admins, builders, and individuals on how to be leaders in their […]

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Merge Your Picklist Fields Into a Global Value Set

As a Salesforce Admin, you’ve probably dealt with picklists a lot. Last year, we released a new feature called Global Picklists to help Admins manage their picklists (if you haven’t learned about that yet, go here). Almost immediately after the Global Picklists feature was released as a Pilot program, a new idea appeared in the Success Community […]

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